Bally's Black Hawk Casino

A full day of action was played to its conclusion at the MSPT Season 15 Bally's Black Hawk Showdown Series $1,110 Main Event.

The second of three flights drew 264 entries to bring the two-day total thus far to 435.

Of those 264 entries, only 32 players remained when chips went into bags with Sean Lee (534,000) edging out William Trauernicht (487,000) for the top stack this flight, good enough for fourth overall thus far.

Rounding out the top five stacks of the day were Darren Snow (387,000), Igor Balaban (334,000), and Shawn Libersky (323,000).

Several other familiar players will also be joining the aforementioned five.

Two-time MSPT champ Nick Barksdale (312,000), three-time MSPT champ Carl Carodenuto (238,000), Season 14 Player of the Year Umut Ozturk (189,000), and MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard (170,000) are just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster along with the 11 to have already advanced from Day 1a.

The final starting flight will get underway tomorrow at Noon local time, and it will be the last chance for players to punch their ticket into Sunday's Day 2.

Late registration and re-entries will remain open through Level 12 (approximately 9:10 p.m.) Make sure to tune in to see who makes it through to Day 2.

MSPT Season 15 Black Hawk Showdown Remaining Schedule

Mikiyo Aoki open-jammed 51,000 from early position and was called by Sergio Martinez directly to her left.

Mikiyo Aoki:
Sergio Martinez:

Aoki was ahead holding a made hand of kings and the flop didn’t change a thing.

Unfortunately for Aoki, her luck ran out after the dealer turned the and followed with the on the river ending her night one away from the hard stop.

Sergio Martinez - 343,000
Mikiyo Aoki - 0

The MSPT returned to the beautiful mountainside of Black Hawk, Colorado for its second stop of the 15th season, and players have been duking it out over the past week inside Bally's Casino for its Showdown Series!

In Event #13: $250 No-Limit Monster Stack, 181 monster hunters took to the tables and created a $36,200 prize pool which was reserved for the top 21 players.

Among those to cash but fall before the final table were Mati Eaton (10th Place - $688), Nicholas Koto (15th Place - $543), Brandon Valera (16th Place - $471), and Hung Mai (20th Place - $434).

In the end, it was Colorado native Nader Wahdan who took down the lion's share of the prize pool along with the Sapdey trophy!

Monster Stack Final Table Results

* denotes chop

Tony Ruelas was all in for 79,000 from early position and Scott Modetz looked him up from the big blind.

Tony Ruelas:
Scott Modetz:

Ruelas was ahead holding a made hand of eights and the runout secured his double-up.

Scott Modetz - 220,000
Tony Ruelas - 160,000

Yesterday’s starting flight saw Jeff Soffer bag a massive 800,000 stack leading the 20 players who advanced from a 171-entry field, and players who make it through today will join that group on Sunday, January 28th at 11:00 a.m. for Day 2.

Day 1A Chip Counts

Thomas Schultz raised from middle position and Sherry Hammers defended her big blind to see a flop.

Hammers wasted little time getting her remaining 59,000 in the middle and Schultz snap-called.

Sherry Hammers:
Thomas Schultz:

Hammers was ahead after flopping top pair, and nothing changed after the dealer turned the .

The river was a great sight for Hammers at it improved her to trips and secured her double-up.

Schultz was left short after the hand and was eliminated a few hands later.

Sherry Hammers - 120,000
Thomas Schultz - 0

Over the past week, players have been inside Bally's Casino duking it out for the MSPT Showdown Series in Black Hawk, Colorado.

In Event #12: $135 No-Limit Hold'em Nightly, a 44-player field took to the felt, and in the end, it was Ben Maidman who walked away the victor for the top prize and Spadey trophy!

Event #13 Results

MSPT champ Steve Wilkie open-jammed 17,000 from late position only to have the small blind go over the top for 50,000, and Stephen Driggers call off his 39,000 stack from the big blind.

Steve Wilkie:
Stephen Driggers:
Small Blind:

Driggers was ahead holding a made hand of aces until the dealer dropped a flop giving the small blind top two-pair.

The pairing the board on the turn improved the small blind to a full house and they were looking good to score the double elimination until the came crashing down on the river Securing Driggers the double-up and elimination.

Stephen Driggers - 98,000
Steve Wilkie - 0